San Jose police said Tuesday they found a three-month-old baby who was abducted from an apartment Monday afternoon while his grandmother was unloading groceries from a car outside. Three suspects are currently in custody and charges are pending, police said.
Brandon’s baby Alexis Cuelar was found alive and taken to hospital as a “precautionary measure”, police said. His family calls him Alexis.
Cuelar was found just a day after he was reported missing. San Jose police said Monday that he was being watched by his grandmother while his mother was at work, CBS San Francisco reported. The grandmother had taken the baby to the apartment when he returned from grocery shopping. She went back to her car to get more groceries, but when she got back inside, Cuelar was gone.
San Jose police posted on Twitter images and videos of a suspected man who was seen entering the residence and leaving with the baby in what looked like a basket covered with a blanket. San Jose Police Department spokesman Sergeant Christian Camarillo said Tuesday that the unidentified suspect brought a baby basket to the apartment, suggesting the abduction was planned.
Camarillo also said on Tuesday that a woman who was with her grandmother had been identified as a person of interest. He said the “discrepancies” in what she told police raised “considerable suspicion”, although she was not charged or arrested. He did not provide any further details.
** Kidnapping incident **
Employees are currently working on the incident. The man you see in these surveillance footage entered a residence in block 1000 of Elm St.
He left with a 3-month-old baby. The family does not recognize this suspect. pic.twitter.com/BJ0R44JOP2
– Media Relations of the San Jose Police (@SJPD_PIO) April 26, 2022
Early Monday night, the neighborhood where the abduction took place is full of San Jose police. Police said the family did not recognize the suspect.
Police said his mother was at their headquarters providing information on the case. The baby’s father is currently in prison.
“We currently have all the available resources not only in the field, but also here, in the police department that is working on this case,” Camarillo said on Monday.
THREATENED MISSING COUNCIL – Santa Clara County Last seen: Elm Street and Vermont Street, San Jose @ SanJosePD, IF YOU SEE, CALL 9-1-1 pic.twitter.com/zAuu8No2TX
– CHP – Signals (@CHPAlerts) April 26, 2022
“She took the baby to the apartment, went downstairs to unload some groceries [and] in that short time, someone entered the apartment, you (the reporters) have the photos and the video of this person and left with the baby, “he added.
Authorities have asked anyone living in the area to check their surveillance cameras for a video of about 1 p.m., which may have captured the suspects.
Police also noted that no Amber Alert had been issued in the case, as authorities did not have a description of the vehicle or a registration number to include in the alert.
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